{"id":377,"date":"2021-07-23T12:28:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/how-to-modify-your-hosts-file\/"},"modified":"2021-07-23T12:28:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T12:28:45","slug":"how-to-modify-your-hosts-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssdsunucum.com\/blog\/how-to-modify-your-hosts-file\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Modify Your Hosts File"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n
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Overview<\/h2>\n

Your hosting provider may offer you a temporary URL in the http:\/\/IP\/~username<\/code> format (where IP<\/code> represents the server\u2019s IP address and username<\/code> represents the cPanel account name) to access your website. This is useful, for example, if you migrate your website to a new server and want to test the site before you point the DNS records to it.<\/p>\n

However, some sites will not<\/strong> work with a temporary URL. For those sites, you can configure your workstation with the server\u2019s IP address. To do this, modify your workstation\u2019s \/etc\/hosts<\/code> file to use the server\u2019s domain name and IP address.<\/p>\n

This document explains how to modify your workstation\u2019s \/etc\/hosts<\/code> file.<\/p>\n

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Note:<\/div>\n
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Hosting providers can use the WHM\u2019s Apache mod_userdir Tweak<\/em> interface (_WHM >> Home >> Security Center >> Apache moduserdir Tweak<\/em>) to offer their customers a temporary URL.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Modify the hosts file<\/h2>\n

The following methods allow you to modify your workstation\u2019s \/etc\/hosts<\/code> file.<\/p>\n

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Important:<\/div>\n
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Your workstation\u2019s operating system will not<\/strong> remove your changes to the \/etc\/hosts<\/code> file. If you want the domain that you added to use public DNS entries, you must<\/strong> manually remove the domain name and IP address in the \/etc\/hosts<\/code> file.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

macOS\u00ae and Linux\u00ae<\/h3>\n

To modify your \/etc\/hosts<\/code> file if your workstation runs macOS or a Linux distribution, perform the following steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. On your workstation, open the \/etc\/hosts<\/code> file with your preferred text editor.<\/li>\n
  2. Add the server\u2019s IP address and domain name under the last entry in the file, for example:\n
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    1\n<\/span>2\n<\/span>3\n<\/span>4\n<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n
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    127<\/span>.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4\n::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6\n192<\/span>.168.0.20    example.com\n1<\/span>.2.3.4 username.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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    Note:<\/div>\n
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    In this example, 1.2.3.4<\/code> represents the server\u2019s IP address, and username.example.com<\/code> represents the domain name.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
  3. Save your changes.<\/li>\n
  4. Reload your browser for the changes to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    Microsoft Windows\u00ae<\/h3>\n
    To modify the \/etc\/hosts<\/code> file on a Windows workstation, perform the following steps:<\/p>\n
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    1. Open the Start<\/em> menu.\n
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      • If you run Windows 8 or Windows 10, type Win+X<\/strong> on the keyboard or click the Windows icon in the lower-left corner of your desktop interface.<\/li>\n
      • If you run Windows 7 or Windows Vista\u00ae, click Start<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
      • Enter Notepad in the search text box.<\/li>\n
      • Right-click Notepad<\/em> and select Run as Administrator<\/em>.<\/li>\n
      • In Notepad<\/em>, open the following file:\n
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        C:W<\/span>indowsS<\/span>ystem32D<\/span>riverse<\/span>tch<\/span>osts<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      • Add the destination server\u2019s IP address and domain name under the latest entry in the file, for example:\n
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        1\n<\/span>2\n<\/span>3\n<\/span>4\n<\/span><\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n
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        127<\/span>.0.0.1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost4 localhost4.localdomain4\n::1 localhost localhost.localdomain localhost6 localhost6.localdomain6\n192<\/span>.168.0.20 example.com\n1<\/span>.2.3.4 username.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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        Note:<\/div>\n
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        In this example, 1.2.3.4<\/code> represents the destination server\u2019s IP address, and username.example.com<\/code> represents the domain name.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      • Save your changes.<\/li>\n
      • Reload your browser for the changes to take effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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